In his first appearance since conquering the Crucible, Kyren Wilson failed to qualify for the second stage of the BetVictor Championship League, as Scott Donaldson topped the table in Group One.
Six weeks after his World Championship triumph, Wilson mustered a win and two draws from his three matches in Leicester, but that was not enough as Scotland's Donaldson notched two wins and a draw to go through to the second group phase.
Opening with a 3-0 win over Baipat Siripaporn, Donaldson went on to beat Daniel Womersley 3-1, which left him needing to avoid defeat in his final match against Wilson. A break of 79 gave Wilson the opening frame, before Donaldson hit back with 88 and 101 to go 2-1 up and ensure top spot in the group. Wilson finished with a 111 for a 2-2 draw but misses out on the rest of the season's first ranking event and now has a four-week gap before he's back on the table at the Shanghai Masters.
Hossein Vafaei finished top of Group 14 , conceding just one frame in his three matches. A break of 89 helped him to a 3-0 win over Josh Mulholland, then he saw off Manasawin Phetmalaikul 3-1 and Louis Heathcote 3-0.
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